right. for all we know, their staffers are making threats and the head of the DSCC is going on drunken Nazi rants on the fucking radio because they have a secret plan to endorse him. i am not going to treat this as though you actually believe it, because you don't.
If those endorsements happen, will any of these priors be updated?
Well, this thread has turned into a block party for me!
you are asking me whether i will believe that the corrupt head of the DSCC got blind drunk and slandered him on the radio because she had a secret plan to endorse him? no i don't think i will believe that
Let me be more specific since you're in one of those Moods you seem to be fond of where you pretend you don't understand things: If the endorsements from leadership (Schumer and Jeffries) happen, will you ever question the priors you have that leadership is acting against Mamdani?
As someone who votes here, mine won't. I'm very much a liberal Dem, not a leftist. But NY Congressional and Senate Dems have become increasingly harder to reach out to over the years. If they are primaried, and there are acceptable candidates, I shall vote against the incumbents.
Gillibrand has been excruciatingly disappointing. I will allow that, if I feel they redeem themselves through their actions, I shall vote for them.
I honestly expected all NY Dems, local and federal, to endorse him immediately.
Then you live in a fantasy land apart from historical evidence.
Take a look at the list of endorsements previous mayoral candidates got in their first races. Hint: it wasn't that. This isn't a swipe at Mamdani, it's standard practice.
Another question while I'm at it: do you genuinely believe that the people most loudly supporting Mamdani won't immediately turn on him just like they turned on AOC for various bullshit reasons?
I think you’re massively overestimating the amount of “fuck aoc” in response to idk her israel vote, how much of that sentiment was from dsa, and of that how much weight should be given amid mostly praise before and since like 80% of nyc-dsa voted to endorsed aoc just like they have every election
And national revoked her endorsement while explicitly passing rules that would allow them to enforce more control over individual chapters in regards to anti-Israel sentiment. Everyone who observed that noted it was likely specifically formulated to target AOC.
this is not what happened though and its misunderstanding a ton of details of that endorsement got revoked and why
it was nyc-dsa not national (which also overwhelmingly supported endorsing aoc unconditionally) that got the endorsement revoked
And why was that?
So nothing about the national anti-Israel rule changes many DSA members identified as specifically targeting AOC?
p. sure they already are
Final questions: do you genuinely not get that Mamdani won because he *didn't* constantly shit on Democrats? Do you have any actual plan to accomplish these goals, or is this another example of "I raised money one time, stop asking me to do anything other than clout chase"?
I’ll say for me, and I don’t think I’m alone, that yes, I recognize that’s part of why he won, and that’s good, and I want the Democratic Party to effectively harness the energy of gifted politicians like him and AOC. Jeffries validating bad faith attacks from Cuomo does the opposite of that.
Obama enters the chat. Leftists melt down.